China aster
nounEtymology
It was brought from China to France by a missionary in the 18th century.
Definitions
Callistephus chinensis, an ornamental plant native to China.
- ‘[S]he carelessly bound a glowing wreath of African marygolds and purple China-aster, surmounting the whole with a light kerchief of pink Italian gauze, embroidered by herself in lilies of the valley.’
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for China aster. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA